ah sorry for the mistake then.

While i don't have your frequency of posts Canuck, indeed i do have recent posts. I just usually have better things to do than argue with someone on the internet. You caught me on an off day.

Oh well, I'm sure I'll just get lumped in with the conservatives and dismissed. Libertarian leaning Anarcho-Capitalists never get any of the love.

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I saw him at the signing. I admit i thought he was cosplaying the uk cover.

Jesse yes that is the definition of denialist. I am not saying its not used for other things as well. The word itself has taken on extremely negative connotations. I just cant help thinking it reflects poorly on the author when used in this context.
Its like calling someone a dirty name after deconstructing his argument. Its a cheap shot.

Heh, you got there first john.

Ive always been disturbed by the use of denialist to describe global warming skeptics. It's always seemed like a subtle way of equating their position to holocaust denial.

""Abortion and school prayer are dead issues even for the republicans.""

"You can't really believe this, can you? How about Creationism (oops, sorry: Intelligent Design)? Is that a dead letter, too?"

This is a straw man argument. Yes I really do believe this. School prayer and (the possibility of baning) abortion are decided issues. We've been hashing them out for decades. While there are finer points still undecided, at this point there is no chance either could come about.

And no, as much as I disagree with ID its not a dead issue. But its largely a local issue. It has not entered the national election debate to any great extent.

Its insulting to me, that you seem to assume all republicans only vote on religious issues.

""This year it seems the democrats are banging the social issue drum with national health care and the rich poor "divide".""

"How did health care and the economy become social issues(?!) as if they're just the hobbyhorses of the religiously intolerant, like abortion and school prayer? Is there someone in America who doesn't have a body or is not part of the economy? And the rich-poor "divide" (I love those quotes!) is a matter of statistical fact, not ideology."

Access to health insurance is obviously a social issue. Just because its not religious doesn't make it not a social issue. religion is not a synonym for social issue. I use quotes for "divide" because its just a political flak word. Its used because it ignores the possibility of upwards mobility among the population. I'm not saying theres not a difference between rich and poor people but the term divide is misleading. On the whole the democratic approach seems to be more about social justice than consideration for the economy. Hence all the protectionist rumblings on free trade.

"Republicans, in my opinion, skirt economic issues entirely by appealing to social issues, which in actual fact are not as big of a deal as people tend to make of them.It isn't to say that something like abortion or prayer in schools aren't important [actually I don't honestly give a toss about prayer in schools; if it will shut them up, give it to them], but that it is not in principle the proper role of government to dictate social behavior."

I think you have this mostly backward. This year it seems the democrats are banging the social issue drum with national health care and the rich poor "divide".

Abortion and school prayer are dead issues even for the republicans. Sure they pay lip service but its a non starter, much like gun control has become this year for the democrats.

This year the republicans are mostly about the war .

Clinton and McCain are both relatively known quantities. Obama is still an unknown. Is he a center left candidate or a hard left candidate. Can you honestly tell me you know?
I'm worried that he hasn't received the scrutiny that is appropriate to the office he seeks. Even the
"gotcha questions" are welcome at this point.

The reason the Wright controversy, the whole "bitter" brouhaha, and now Ayers gain so much traction is that Obama's personal character is largely unknown. He is a blank slate.

This has served him well in the primary, because many voters are projecting their personal preferences onto him. It was only a matter of time until his character became The Issue of both campaigns.

Are ABC's question's probing his personal character
really so bad. This man may be our next president.

Heres the google cache if youre really so outraged at the edit.
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Personally I dont think this instance is a big deal.
As for Lennon vs. Yoko both posts seem like spin to me.